Chapter 7: To Give And To Receive
"Um... I'm here for an interview? I think your friend told you about me..." Angela showed the guy the card that Vic gave to her. "Do you know a guy name Vic? Oh never mind..." Angela was going to turn around and leave, thinking that she had just been deceived.
"Angela, right?!" The guy stops Angela.
Angela nodded her head.
"Oh yeah. Sorry about that... Vic had told me about you coming in for an interview. By the way, I'm Jay. Nice to meet you." Jay extended his arm with a delightful smile on his face.
Angela smile as she shook Jay's hand.
"Follow me." Jay told Angela and they both head to an office room.
Jay took a seat and motioned for Angela to take a seat in front of the desk.
"Okay, let me see what positions are available. My boss said that to give you any positions that's available." Jay stared into the computer screen. "Um... there is a position left, but I'm not too sure if you want to take it or not."
"What position is it?" Angela asked.
"Cleaning this place?" Jay wasn't too sure if he had asked a question.
Angela frowned. Then she just remembered what she had wrote on her posters that she put up at the apartments.
"I mean you can at least try... if you don't like it you can resign anytime." Jay suggested with a confuse look on his face.
"Yeah. I'll take it." Angela answered him feeling confident in herself.
"Okay. So I'll tell you what you need to do... It's not ..."
"Wait! No interview first?" She cuts him off.
"Oh no... my boss said no interview required. You just have to accept the job to get it."
Angela nodded.
"So... it's not that hard. All you have to do is come in when it's almost closing time or you could come in anytime of the day and stay all day if you want to. Just come in and clean whatever that needs to be clean. But the bathrooms are a for sure to clean every night. Not just that, you get free drinks whenever you feel like just hanging out with friends that day. That's about it." Jay explained everything.
"Okay... I think I got everything down."
"Are you sure? Any other questions?" Jay asked.
"Um.. one more thing. When can I start?"
"I guess tomorrow."
"Alrighty... Thank you." Angela got up and shook his hand.
"It's okay... See you tomorrow." Jay smiled.
"I wonder who his boss is? He must be a really nice guy to be willing to help a person like me out." Angela thought as she walked home.
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Ding Dong! Ding Dong!
Angela opened the door.
"Hey aunty!" Nanee yells in surprise as she hugs Angela.
"Hey you little squirt." Angela took Nanee in her arms.
"You have to watch her for the night. Her dad wants us to go hang out with his friends. We'll be back by 12 midnight or something." Nanee's mom explained.
"Shoot, I should start charging you." Angela joked.
"Haha... very funny. We'll be back. Thanks! You are my bestest sister in the whole wide world." Angela's sister hugs Angela playfully.
"I better be, I am your only sister in the whole wide world." Angela said in a sarcastic tone.
She left and Angela closes the door.
"What is there to eat? I am so hungry." Nanee asked.
"I don't know. I'll make something to eat. Want to help me?"
While Angela was cooking, she told Nanee everything that happened for the past few days.
"Let's invite him to eat with us?"
"Why, you crazy? Why would I invite him." Angela answers.
"Because if it wasn't for him, you wouldn't have gotten that job. I think he is a very nice guy."
"You think?" Angela questioned.
Angela stood there and thought about it.
"Oh come on... only this time... come on." Nanee begged.
Angela groaned and gave in to Nanee's idea.
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Ding Dong! Ding Dong! Ding Dong!
Vic got out of his desk from working on paper work to go open his door. When he opened the door, Lyn threw her arms around him smelling like alcohol.
"I've missed so much." Lyn said in a drunk voice.
Vic stood there, not knowing what to do. Whenever he sees her, he comes to a breaking point where he wants to forget everything and love her and hold her tight in his arms again. But his heart will not heal, still feeling the pain of what she had done to him.
"You're drunk. You need to go home." Vic pulled her away.
"Please Vic, just give me one more chance. I know, I messed up big time and hurt you, but please..." Lyn was interrupted by her gagging.
She was about to vomit, so Vic took her inside into the restroom. She threw up and after that knocked out by his toilet.
"Lyn! Lyn!" Vic shook her, to wake her up, but she was too deep in her sleep.
Vic wiped the remaining vomit that was left on her mouth and laid her on his bed. He tucked her in with the blankets.
"I want to love you so much... but right now I just can't." Vic was going to caress her hair, but stopped.
He went into the living to go lay on the sofa. Thoughts of him and Lyn kept creeping into his mind. He decided to go outside to release the tension. He closed the door behind and took a deep breath.
"Um... I'm sorry... but I wanted to thank you for telling your boss to give me a job." Angela walked towards where Vic was at.
Vic looked and smiled, but didn't answer her.
"I was wondering... did you want to have dinner at my place tonight? I mean if not then it's okay. I just wanted to thank you by inviting you to dinner. if your busy... it's okay... sorry to bother you... I'll just get going..." Angela stuttered, feeling her nerves rising up.
"Sure... I'm pretty hungry myself. To give is to receive." Vic finally answered her.
Angela exhale in relief that she didn't get rejected.
Here is the rest of the chapter...
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